PDA: Collaborating for Success becomes clinically important the moment a team has to turn good intentions into reliable action inside joint consultation, shared care planning, school-team communication, and interdisciplinary handoffs. In Collaborating for Success, for this course, the practical stakes show up in clearer roles, fewer duplicated efforts, and better coordinated intervention, not in abstract discussion alone.
Provider: Behaviorist Book Club
Take This Course →Including ethics, supervision, and topics like this one. New live CEU every Wednesday.
Join Free →This is the second installment in a multi-part CEU series on Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), focusing on practical collaboration strategies for behavior analysts working with individuals who present with this behavioral profile. The presenter reviews PDA as a persistent drive for autonomy, emphasizes language choices when communicating with caregivers, and covers evidence-based modifications to behavioral interventions including proactive strategies, reducing perceived demands, scaffolding autonomy, maintaining low-arousal environments, and using co-regulation.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB | 1 | General |
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All behavior-analytic intervention is individualized. The information on this page is for educational purposes and does not constitute clinical advice. Treatment decisions should be informed by the best available published research, individualized assessment, and obtained with the informed consent of the client or their legal guardian. Behavior analysts are responsible for practicing within the boundaries of their competence and adhering to the BACB Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts.